Seppuku, a highly ritualized form of suicide that involved cutting one's own stomach, was once part of the bushido samurai code, and considered an honorable way to die and, until the 20th century, was quite common. So what happened? Why did this practice die out? »1/09/15 3:28pm 1/09/15 3:28pm

The mother of Leelah Alcorn, an Ohio teen who committed suicide earlier this week has spoken out about her child's death and she wants to make one thing clear: That she loved her son but that religiously she just couldn't support his choices. That obviously included the fact that Leelah was her daughter. »1/01/15 3:30pm 1/01/15 3:30pm

A 17-year-old transgender teenage girl in Ohio has died by what appears to have been suicide, leaving behind a Tumblr note that blames her parents for not accepting her gender identity, isolating her, and forcing her to attend faith-based therapy. "There's no winning," the note reads, in part. "There's no way out." »12/30/14 10:10am 12/30/14 10:10am

A mother in Mobile, Alabama, is reasonably pissed off after E.R. Dickson Elementary School had her 5-year-old sign a contract stating she would not kill or injure herself and/or others after pointing a crayon at another student and saying "Pew pew." »10/12/14 4:19pm 10/12/14 4:19pm

One year ago, Chelsea Oliver's husband NFL player Paul Oliver fatally shot himself. His suicide was preceded by concussions and domestic violence, but Chelsea learned that his actions were from brain damage he gained on the football field. On October 21, HBO's Real Sports digs into the story: »9/24/14 10:30am 9/24/14 10:30am

Lana Del Rey is on the cover of Rolling Stone and guess what? She’s sad. So, you know, don’t worry because you haven’t missed anything. What's really noteworthy here is her cover's co-star, a cat that looks ready to spring for it at any moment. »7/16/14 7:15pm 7/16/14 7:15pm

On April 16th, 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-River Falls student Alyssa Funke committed suicide. In the weeks prior, she'd suffered an avalanche of threats and bullying from former high school classmates. But police are eager to blame pornography — and not online harassment — for her suicide. »5/21/14 6:00pm 5/21/14 6:00pm

A recent spate of suicides among users of the acne drug has prompted the UK to put together a governmental review of its risks and benefits to establish whether it should be taken off the market. »4/29/14 11:20am 4/29/14 11:20am

On Monday, designer, former model and stylist L'Wren Scott was found dead in her New York City apartment after committing suicide. While Scott's death was shocking, multiple outlets have since revealed that she had been struggling to keep her label afloat. »3/18/14 11:00am 3/18/14 11:00am

The Daily News and the New York Postarereporting that designer L'Wren Scott died Monday morning from an apparent suicide. There's little information available now, but what we do know is very sad: Scott's assistant reportedly found her hanging from a scarf tied to a doorknob in her apartment in Chelsea. A former… »3/17/14 12:59pm 3/17/14 12:59pm

Reporter Caleb Hannan thought he'd found an interesting idea for a story when he stumbled across a YouTube video about about a "scientifically superior" golf club called the Oracle, invented by a brilliant MIT-credentialed physicist named Dr. V. He set out to find out more about the woman behind the invention, but…
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Despite what Radar Onlineor US Weekly believes, ABC's tribute to former Bachelor contestant Gia Allemand who committed suicide last year was not touching. The are a few other words for it, however, that are fitting: money-grubbing, tasteless and unhelpful. »1/06/14 3:15pm 1/06/14 3:15pm

He wrote about depression and thoughts of suicide, humorously chronicling his own struggles with the disease, but the jokes only masked the turmoil inside. On Dec. 19, author Ned Vizzini, 32, committed suicide by jumping from the roof of his parent's Brooklyn home. »12/21/13 4:15pm 12/21/13 4:15pm

The Prison Break star — who recently came out in a moving letter to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival — spoke at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Seattle on Saturday about the torment he experienced growing up. Heartbreaking, powerful stuff. »9/08/13 10:00pm 9/08/13 10:00pm